James Wild Blog

Moved to Substack – Go to Lighthouse33 and Check it Out
Yep I have moved on.

Pootin’s Holy War and the Champion President
It was in the year of our lord 988 when Christian Emperor Basil II reached out to the pagans over in the land of the Kievan Rus...

A Tripping Journey Through the Fungi Kingdom
I love this one. I created the video with excerpts from the wonderful film Fantastic Fungi and a couple of great tracks...

33 Jottings and Ideas from 2021
The years keep getting more and more bizarre yet strangely pedestrian. Here is what I discovered or at least reminded of in 2021...

The 33 Sages of the Plum Red Robes
Many years ago in old China, there was a wise old sage. He traveled the countryside walking from village to village, teaching and healing people; helping in any whatever way he could...

Cats and the Law of Distraction
It must be said that the prevailing new age wisdom at the time was that there was a special reason for events in one's life...

The Sage – Man is Nature
In Old China, as the Sage was teaching students, he said, “Nature is the key. For in the naturalness of man...

Oops, Another Beautiful Mistake – Keep Experimenting
If you lead a very individual life, you are creative, you are an experimenter; others may see you as a bit strange and it's a given that you make more mistakes....

270 Million Bombs and a Genuine Friendly Smile
The planet is going through some unprecedented turmoil. Change and uncertainty create anxiety...

Leunig Canceled Over Vaccine Cartoon
Michael Leunig, one of the all time great cartoonists, has been dumped from his post of cartoonery....